Sporting his-and-hers channel-set diamond and platinum rings, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Boychuk raced to the end of a whirlwind honeymoon Saturday.

The Edmonton Indy weekend represents the couple’s first public appearance since their July 9 nuptials at the Ukrainian Culture Centre.

It’s been all winning and wedding since the Boston Bruins defenceman and Edmonton Indy grand marshal helped win the Stanley Cup on June 15.

There was ice of another sort on the left hand of the former Sheena Burletoff, another Edmontonian. Sporting a massive rock and a Hawaiian honeymoon tan fresh off Friday’s plane trip, she was ready to just settle in at home in Edmonton.

“We haven’t been ‘out out’ - we haven’t been home much,” Sheena said.

“It’s been just non-stop - it’s good, but it would be nice just to enjoy home for a little bit,” she said, adding that the Edmonton Indy is a great “end to the honeymoon.”

So how was Hawaii?

“It was beautiful - we loved it,” she said.

The Bruins’ 4-0 win in the seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals has been a sore point for 45% of the respondents who said they “hated” the idea of Boychuk being named Grand Marshal, while 53% either loved it (21%) or liked it (32%).

If the honeymoon is over for some local hockey fans, this native son of Edmonton doesn’t seem to bear any rancor. He estimated he got about 150 congratulatory messages the night of the Stanley Cup win, and plenty of local support.

He said he’s pleased with the grand marshal honour.

“They asked me to do this, it’s great,” he said. “All I know is I have to say, ‘Start your engines!’”

And if life’s been going at an Indy pace for Boychuk, he seems OK with that.

As the cars whizzed by on the track and staffers in the lounge passed out earplugs Saturday morning, the champion Boston defenceman talked about what he likes about Indy racing in Edmonton.